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[[The ArchiTECHS]] was a one-episode television show on The History Channel. Information is scarce at this point, but it appears that the channel may have been considering producing a series under the same name.
 
[[The ArchiTECHS]] was a one-episode television show on The History Channel. Information is scarce at this point, but it appears that the channel may have been considering producing a series under the same name.
  
The show featured "five geniuses", including author [[David Brin]], "in a 48-hour quest to design a better way to escape and fight skyscraper fires."
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The show featured "five geniuses", including author [[David Brin]], TV legend and designer Dave Stollery and visionary artist Tim Flattery, "in a 48-hour quest to design a better way to escape and fight skyscraper fires."
  
 
Promotional literature for the show had this to say: "Five geniuses are challenged: innovate fire rescue and evacuation tools for skyscraper disasters... ''and do it in 48 hours!'' Watch a small team of designers and visionaries form a high-tech think tank, racing the clock to shape bold, over-the-horizon designs for the future. With unprecedented cooperation from [[New York, NY|New York]]'s regional fire departments, episode #1 culminates in a dramatic presentation to Former FDNY Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, one of the heroes of [[issuepedia:9/11|9/11]]..."
 
Promotional literature for the show had this to say: "Five geniuses are challenged: innovate fire rescue and evacuation tools for skyscraper disasters... ''and do it in 48 hours!'' Watch a small team of designers and visionaries form a high-tech think tank, racing the clock to shape bold, over-the-horizon designs for the future. With unprecedented cooperation from [[New York, NY|New York]]'s regional fire departments, episode #1 culminates in a dramatic presentation to Former FDNY Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, one of the heroes of [[issuepedia:9/11|9/11]]..."
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==Showings==
 
==Showings==
 
* '''Premiere''' (2006-10-11 23:00): Wednesday, October 11 at 11:00 PM
 
* '''Premiere''' (2006-10-11 23:00): Wednesday, October 11 at 11:00 PM

Revision as of 02:33, 24 January 2007

Overview

The ArchiTECHS was a one-episode television show on The History Channel. Information is scarce at this point, but it appears that the channel may have been considering producing a series under the same name.

The show featured "five geniuses", including author David Brin, TV legend and designer Dave Stollery and visionary artist Tim Flattery, "in a 48-hour quest to design a better way to escape and fight skyscraper fires."

Promotional literature for the show had this to say: "Five geniuses are challenged: innovate fire rescue and evacuation tools for skyscraper disasters... and do it in 48 hours! Watch a small team of designers and visionaries form a high-tech think tank, racing the clock to shape bold, over-the-horizon designs for the future. With unprecedented cooperation from New York's regional fire departments, episode #1 culminates in a dramatic presentation to Former FDNY Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, one of the heroes of 9/11..."

Showings

  • Premiere (2006-10-11 23:00): Wednesday, October 11 at 11:00 PM
  • Repeat (2006-10-12 23:00): October 12 at 3 AM & October 14 at 11:00 AM

Discussion

  • Architechs Show thread on History Channel forums
    • Note that a search of the History Channel web site will not find this page; WTF?

A DVD of the show appears to be ambiguously for sale on the History Channel (A&E) site at: http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=75873

Another Pilot Episode was filmed half a year earlier, at the U.S. Army National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, California, where a somewhet different and larger team of "geniuses" were charged (by 4 star General Paul Kern) with the task for "designing the next humvee." Result? A super badass concept vehicle. It is unclear, as of January 2007, whether there are any plans to show that episode or offer it on DVD.


CAST OF THE FIREFIGHTING EPISODE: David Brin,Tim Flattery, David Stollery, Jim Tucci, and Andrew Thompson

CAST OF THE HUMVEE EPISODE: David Brin,Tim Flattery, Adam Rogers, Alexander Rose, Noah Shachtman, David Stollery, Reiuchert von Wolfsheild

Produced by Mod3 Productions: http://mod3productions.com/ Danny Gold, Mathew Asner, Larry Herbst

Links

Reference